Crime Story

Sep. 19, 1986 NBC

Your rating: 0

0 0 votes

Episodes
Info
Cast

Seasons and episodes

1Season 1 Sep. 18, 1986

1 - 1
Pilot (1) Sep. 19, 1986
1 - 2
Pilot (2) Sep. 19, 1986
1 - 3
Final Transmission Sep. 20, 1986
1 - 4
Shadow Dancer Sep. 27, 1986
1 - 5
The Saint Louis Book of Blues Sep. 30, 1986
1 - 6
The War Oct. 07, 1986
1 - 7
Abrams for the Defense Oct. 14, 1986
1 - 8
Pursuit of a Wanted Felon Oct. 28, 1986
1 - 9
Old Friends, Dead Ends Nov. 04, 1986
1 - 10
Justice Hits the Skids Nov. 11, 1986
1 - 11
For Love or Money Dec. 05, 1986
1 - 12
Hide and Go Thief Dec. 12, 1986
1 - 13
Strange Bedfellows Dec. 26, 1986
1 - 14
Fatal Crossroads Jan. 09, 1987
1 - 15
Torello on Trial Jan. 16, 1987
1 - 16
The Kingdom of Money Jan. 30, 1987
1 - 17
The Battle of Las Vegas Feb. 06, 1987
1 - 18
The Survivor Feb. 13, 1987
1 - 19
The Pinnacle Feb. 27, 1987
1 - 20
Top of the World Mar. 06, 1987
1 - 21
Ground Zero Mar. 13, 1987

2Season 2 Sep. 22, 1987

2 - 1
The Senator, the Movie Star, and the Mob Sep. 22, 1987
2 - 2
Blast from the Past Sep. 29, 1987
2 - 3
Always a Blonde Oct. 20, 1987
2 - 4
Atomic Fallout Oct. 27, 1987
2 - 5
Shockwaves Nov. 03, 1987
2 - 6
Robbery, Armed Nov. 10, 1987
2 - 7
Little Girl Lost Nov. 24, 1987
2 - 9
MIG-21 Dec. 15, 1987
2 - 10
Moulin Rouge Jan. 05, 1988
2 - 11
Seize the Time Jan. 12, 1988
2 - 12
Femme Fatale Jan. 19, 1988
2 - 13
Protected Witness Feb. 02, 1988
2 - 14
Last Rites Feb. 09, 1988
2 - 15
Pauli Taglia's Dream Mar. 08, 1988
2 - 16
Roadrunner Mar. 15, 1988
2 - 17
Desert Justice Mar. 22, 1988
2 - 18
Byline Mar. 29, 1988
2 - 19
The Hearings Apr. 05, 1988
2 - 20
Pursuit (1) Apr. 26, 1988
2 - 21
Escape (2) May. 03, 1988
2 - 22
Going Home (3) May. 10, 1988

Creator

Gustave Reininger

Creator

Cast

Lt. Mike Torello

Ray Luca

Det. Nate Grossman

Atty. David Abrams

Sgt. Danny Krychek

Det. Joey Indelli

Manny Weisbord

Det. Walter Clemmons

Pauli Taglia

Narrator

Synopsis

Crime Story is an American TV drama, created by Gustave Reininger and Chuck Adamson, that premiered in 1986 and ran for two seasons on NBC. The executive producer was Michael Mann, who had left his other series Miami Vice to oversee Crime Story and direct the film Manhunter. The show premiered with a two-hour pilot — a movie which had been exhibited theatrically — and was watched by over 30 million viewers. It was then scheduled to follow Miami Vice on Friday nights, and continued to attract a record number of viewers. NBC then moved the show to Tuesdays at 10 pm opposite ABC’s Moonlighting, hurting its ratings to the point that NBC ordered its cancellation after only two seasons.

Set in the early, pre-Beatles 1960s, the series depicted two men — Lt. Mike Torello and mobster Ray Luca — with an obsessive drive to destroy each other. As Luca started with street crime in Chicago, was “made” in the Chicago Outfit and then sent to Las Vegas to monitor their casinos, Torello pursued Luca as head of a special Organized Crime Strike Force. Torello, his friend Ted Kehoe, and Luca had grown up in Chicago’s “The Patch” neighborhood, also called “Little Sicily” or “Little Italy” and the haunt of the Forty-Two Gang. The show attracted both acclaim and controversy for its serialized format, in which a continuing storyline was told over an entire season, rather than being episodic, as was normal with shows at the time.